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A B727 is hit by a catering truck as it taxies in to the gate at mdw. Reporter captain cites crowded conditions at mdw as contributory to the event.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 428487 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199902 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mdw.airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Weather Elements | Rain |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : mdw.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi ground other : parking |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 15 flight time total : 6800 flight time type : 300 |
| ASRS Report | 428487 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical ground encounters : vehicle non adherence : company policies non adherence : required legal separation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : vd 5 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Airport |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Catering truck ran into aircraft on taxi in to gate at mdw. Damaged left wingtip and navigation light assembly. Catering was in too much of a hurry to meet aircraft. This airport is way too crowded with small and large aircraft and service vehicles to operate without an incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B727 IS HIT BY A CATERING TRUCK AS IT TAXIES IN TO THE GATE AT MDW. RPTR CAPT CITES CROWDED CONDITIONS AT MDW AS CONTRIBUTORY TO THE EVENT.
Narrative: CATERING TRUCK RAN INTO ACFT ON TAXI IN TO GATE AT MDW. DAMAGED L WINGTIP AND NAV LIGHT ASSEMBLY. CATERING WAS IN TOO MUCH OF A HURRY TO MEET ACFT. THIS ARPT IS WAY TOO CROWDED WITH SMALL AND LARGE ACFT AND SVC VEHICLES TO OPERATE WITHOUT AN INCIDENT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.